Sergius

Sergius was a name of a Roman Patrician Gens, Sergia (or Sergii), originally from Alba Longa and can refer to:

Roman Catholic Popes

• Pope Sergius I (died 701), Sicilian-born pope
• Pope Sergius II (reigned 844–847), Italian-born pope
• Pope Sergius III (reigned 897 and 911), Italian-born pope
• Pope Sergius IV (reigned 1009–1012)

Eastern Orthodox Patriarchs

• Patriarch Sergius I of Moscow, Patriarch 1943–1944.
• Patriarch Sergius I of Constantinople, Patriarch 610–638.
• Patriarch Sergius II of Constantinople, Patriarch 1001–1019.

Other Christian Saints

Main article: Saint Sergius (disambiguation)

• Saint Sergius (martyr), Roman soldier companion of Saint Bacchus, martyred c. 303.
• Sergius of Cappadocia, Martyred c. 304.
• Sergius of Radonezh, A 14th century Russian monastic.
• Sergius of Valaam, A 10th century Greek/Karelian/Russian monastic.

Dukes of Naples

• Sergius I of Naples, Duke of Naples 840–864.
• Sergius II of Naples, Duke of Naples 870–877.
• Sergius IV of Naples, Duke of Naples 1002–1036.
• Sergius V of Naples, Duke of Naples 1042–1082.
• Sergius VI of Naples, Duke of Naples 1082–1097.
• Sergius VII of Naples, Duke of Naples 1120–1137, last Duke of Naples.

Dukes of Amalfi

• Sergius I of Amalfi, Duke of Amalfi 958–966
• Sergius II of Amalfi, Duke of Amalfi 1007–1028
• Sergius III of Amalfi, Duke of Amalfi 1031–1073

Other persons

• Sergius Paulus, proconsul of Cyprus, appears in the Book of Acts
• Lucius Sergius Catilina, 1st century BCE Roman politician
• Marcus Sergius, Ancient Roman inventor of the prosthetic hand
• Sergius Orata, Ancient Roman merchant and architect
• Sergius of Reshaina (died 536). Assyrian physician who translated medicine from Greek to Syriac
• Metropolitan Sergius (Tikhomirov) of Japan, Russian Orthodox clergyman (1871–1945)
• Bahira, also called Sergius (c 600), Nestorian monk who foretold Muhammad's prophetic career.

Other uses

• Father Sergius, Short story by Leo Tolstoy
  • Father Sergius (film), 1917 silent film by Yakov Protazanov based on Tolstoy's story.
• Church of the Saints Sergius and Bacchus, A former Christian church, now a mosque, in Istanbul.
• Arch of the Sergii, an ancient Roman triumphal arch in Pula, Croatia.
• Sergiopolis, The ancient city of Resafa, renamed for the Roman soldier Saint Sergius.
• Patriarch Sergius XVII, a fictitious character in Xenosaga.

See also: Serge